Gurdey.



C. CHIDLEY.

GURDEY.

, APPLICATXON FILED DEC. 10. 1912.

Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

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GUBDEY.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 10. 1912.

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GURDEY.

Specification of Letterslate nt.

Patented Mar. let, 1916.

Application filed December 10, 1912. Serial No. 736,017.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER C1111) LEY, a citizen of the United States, andresident of the cityof Seattle, in the county of King and State of WVashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gurdeys, of which the following is a specification.

My inventionrelates to gurdeys, or devices used for hauling in and handlinglines used in deep sea fishing, especially such as are used in halibut fishing.

My invention comprises certain novel parts and combinations of parts which will enable my device to be operated at a greater speed thanother devices used for somewhat the same purposes.

The features which constitute my invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and will behereinafter described in the specification and defined by the claims terminating the same.

In" the accompanying drawings 1 have shown my invention embodied in 'the form which is now preferredby me. I

Figure l is an elevationof the device i place upon the gunwale of. a dory,the wheel being in section, and the view being as seen from the outer side of the'dory. Fig.2 is a plan View of the same. Fig. 3 is an elevation looking forward. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary cross section of the wheel rim, showing its groove and slit. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of my'device applied to a boat, and illustrated as it would appear in actual service.

In halibut fishing thefish are found upon the bottom, and usually at a considerable depth. Theuse of a long and strong line is thus necessitated. This main line has a number .of shorter and smaller lines, fastened to it at frequent intervals, upon which are the hooksby which the fish are actually caught. iMvinvention is designedto assist inthe handling of this large main-line, and to prevent thetangling ofthe short lines and their attached books when hauling in.

A. hearing member has a pair of depending cars 40 ,and'42, which are adapted, to spanthe gunwale of a dory. ,A clamping screw 41 secures'this member in place. A shaft 3, formed with.a'crank-30,.is journaled in bearing member l, and preferably extends entirely across the boat to another bearing member, 1 as show-11 in ill lig. ,5. Th s shaft may be turned by any suitableimeans. I prefer to employ for this purpose a small gasolene engine, thus relieving the fisherman of the labor of handling the line, and increas ng the speedof handling the same.

This engine, as it forms no part of the present invention, has not been illustrated.

The wheel 2, about which the main lineil passes, 1s secured upon .the extreme outer endof shaft 3, and turns therewith. Shaft 3 1s flush with or inside of the outer plane of the wheel, for reasons which will later appear. The periphery of wheel 2 is concaved or hollowed to direct the oncoming line to itscentral plane. I .preferthat the angle of slope of the line-seating section of the-periphery of the wheel be sharper than the angle of slope ofthe portions outward therefrom, as shown at 21 in Fig. 4. By reason of this construction, the line will be wedged in place while seating itself, and will be securely gripped by the wheel. At the bottom of this line-seating section of the wheel periphery, I provide a narrow slit 22, which is too small to permit the entrance of the line, but into which the tip of a line-clearingpoint5 enters, thereby insuring the release of the line from its seating groove in the wheel when it reaches the proper point. t

The line guides are preferably secured to an extension 43 of the car 42, which ispart of the bearing member 4:. These guides consist of a'leading-on guide 7, and a leadingotf guide 60, and a separator plate 6. These guides are herein shown as made in one piece, and they may be integral with or supportedfrom the extension 43. While these parts may be made from a plate of sheet metal bent into the desired shape, they ,are here shown as cast integral withthe arm 43.

The leading-0n guide consists of a bar 7 of some material size. It extends toward the rear of the boat ata suiiicient distance from the sides ofthe boat to furnishample room for the passage of the main line and its attached short lines and their hooks. This guideis made of'a material size so that thehookscannot catch over it, they being too small.

The, leading-oil guide is concaved outwardly and downwardly, and extends over the main line. This guide prevents the leading-ot'f portion of the line fromrisingor ineetering a iththe leaidingnn port on Whl leading itofi of the wheel and into the dory.

Preferably it is located and shaped so that it passage of the small lines and their hooks.'

The separator plate 6 is a relatively flat,

plate-like member which connects'the leading-on and leading-off guides. Its function is to at all times keep thetwo parts of the main line clear of each other.

A line-clearing member which has a thin point 5 entering the slot 22 in the wheel, is provided. This point lies inside the line, and compels release of the line from the groove in the wheel, should there be any tendency for it to stick. This line-clearing point 5 is formed upon a plate which I have shown as secured to the fixed end of the guard or guide 8, although it may be supported from any other convenient point.

The leading-on guide 7, previously described, is an outboard guide. I provide in addition an inboard guide which is also a leadingon guide in a certain sense, but which is also designed to take care of the small lines and hooks at certain times, and

to guide them about the wheel, as will be described later. This guide 8 is composed offa flat bar bent to fit rather closely about the periphery of the wheel 2. The end next to the leading-011 part 10 of the main line 1 is secured to the arm 43. The other end 81 is preferably bent outward to overlap the outboard guide 7 and arm 43. Guide 8 is placed with its inner edge close to, but not touching the line" as it passes about the wheel, and ina plane just within the central plane of the wheel, or that plane in which the line lies in passing about the wheel. It is always inside the line on the wheel.

1 lVhen a line is to be hauled in, it is first looped about the wheel, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5, and the wheel turned by power or otherwise. This draws in the line,part 10 passing between guides 60 and 7, and the boat. Part 11 passes under guide 60, and is thereby drawn slightly to one side of part 10. From thence it passes into the boat. Now, when the small lines 12, which are fastened to the main line 1, reach the wheel, they may be allowed to pass about the wheel, provided they have no fish thereon. The hooks, being too small, cannot catch on guide '7. They pass partly about the wheel, and then start to drop as they reach the other side. When this occurs their point of attachment to the main line has already passed the guide60. They ,fall,'but the line 12 is caught by the end 81 of guide 8, and is flung outward. The hook is thrown out clear of the on-coming part 10 ofthe main line, and hangs from its point of attachment beyond the guide 60.

When a fish'isattached to one of the lines 12 the proceeding is somewhat. different.

The line 12 is caught by hand as it comes up to the wheel,;and drawn in to provide a little slack; The point of attachment of this line passes onto the wheel, and the slack is then passed over the outer edge of the wheel,

as shown in Fig. 5. The upper part of line '12 then passes across the face of the wheel,

but not around it. .The point of attachment passes under guide 60, over which passes a 1 The hook carrying the fish never passesabout the wheel. At the same time the empty hooks which do pass about the wheel are so guided as to surely clear the main line and not become entangled. The process of passing the lines 12 about the edge of the wheel to avoid passing the fish thereabout is not an automatic action, but is controlled by hand and with very little labor to the fisherman. If desired the lines carrying the empty hooks may also be passed across the face of the wheel, to thereby-avoid passing the hooks about the wheel. then function merely as an inboard guide for the main line.

l/Vhat I desire to secure by Letters out is: V

1. In a gurdey, in combination, a grooved line-receiving wheel journaled to turn in a plane approximately parallel with and over hanging the side of a boat, a leading-on guide extending approximately parallel the Guide 8 would side of the boat and ina plane outside that 7 of the groove in the wheel and approximately tangent the lower edge of the wheel, and a separatorextending upward from the leading-on guide and having its upper edge curved outwardand over to form a leadingoutside the center plane of the groove there? in, a separator extending upward from the leading-on guide and having its upper edge turned outward and over to form a leadingofi guide, and an inboard line guide extending about the wheel with its inner edge close to the periphery of'the wheel and in' ward from the central plane thereof.

3. In a gurdey, in combination, a grooved line-receiving wheel journaled to turn in a 7 plane approximately parallel with and overhanging the side of a boat, a leading-on guide extending horizontally in approximate-alin'ement with the lower outer edge of the wheel, a separator extending upward from the leading-on guide and having its izs upper edge curving outward and over to form aleading-off guide, and a line-clearing point at the lower side of the wheel.

4. In a gurdey, in combination, a frame member provided with means for securing it to the gunwale of a boat, a shaft journaled in said frame, a line carrying wheel or pulley secured to the outboard end of said shaft, an arm extending from said member downward and outward beneath said wheel, a leading-on guide extending from said arm horizontally substantially parallel with the side of the boat and a separator and leading-oif guide supported from said arm and above the leading-on guide.

5. In a gurdey, in combination, a frame provided with means for securing it to the gunwale of a boat, a shaft having a bearing in said frame and projecting outboard, a line receiving pulley on the outboard portion of said shaft, an arm extending downward and outward from the frame beneath said pulley, an outboard leading-on guide for the line carried by said arm, an inboard leading-on guide for the line carried by said arm and extending as an arch peripherally over the pulley and a leading-off guide extending over the outboard leading-on guide.

6. In a gurdey, in combination, a frame provided with means for securing it to the gunwale of a boat, a wheel journaled upon said frame to overhang the side of the boat, and having a grooved periphery for the reception of a line, said groove terminating at its bottom in a slit which is too narrow to receive the line therein, an arm extending from the frame downward and outward beneath the lower edge of the wheel, a leading-on guide extending from said arm in a horizontal direction approximately in line with the lower outer edge of the wheel, and a line-clearing point supported from said arm and entering the slit in the wheel at its lower side.

7. In a gurdey, in combination, a frame provided with means for securing it upon the gunwale of a boat, a wheel journaled upon said frame to overhang the side of the boat and having a line-receiving groove in its periphery and a narrow slit at the bottom of said groove of a width too small to permit entrance of the line therein, a leading-on guide extending horizontally in alinement with the outer lower edge of the wheel, a separator and leading-off guide located above said leading-on guide, and a lineclearing point entering the slit in the wheel at its lower side.

8. In a gurdey, in combination, a frame provided with means for supporting it from the gunwale of a boat, a wheel journaled upon said frame and overhanging the gunwale of the boat, the outer side of said wheel being clear to permit throwing a line thereon, an arm extending from said frame downward and outward beneath the wheel, a leading-on guide extending from said arm horizontally and approximately in line with the lower outer edge of the wheel, and a separator extending upward from said leadingon guide, the upper edge of the separator curving outward and over to form a leading-off guide.

9. In a gurdey, in combination, a frame provided with means for securing it upon the gunwale of a boat, a shaft journaled upon said frame and extending in a direction crosswise the boat, with its end projecting beyond the side ofthe boat, a grooved line-receiving wheel mounted upon the outer end of said shaft and outwardly clear to permit throwing a line thereabout, said wheel having a slit at the bottom of its groove of a width too narrow to permit entrance of the line, an arm extending outwardly from the frame beneath the wheel, a leading on guide extending horizontally from said arm and being approximately in alinement with the lower outer edge of the wheel, a sepa rator extending upwardly from said leading-on guide, the upper edge of the sepa-' rator being turned outward and over to form a leading-off guide, and a line-clearing point endtering the slit in the wheel at its bottom s1 e.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature at Seattle, Washington, this 4th day of December, 1912.

CHRISTOPHER CHIDLEY.

Witnesses r H. L. REYNOLDS, JACOB B. GnoH.

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